Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health |
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... hospital care . Since 1950 the cost of keeping a patient for one day in a community hospital in the United States has risen by 500 percent.45 The bill for patient care in the major university hospitals has risen even faster , tripling ...
... hospital care . Since 1950 the cost of keeping a patient for one day in a community hospital in the United States has risen by 500 percent.45 The bill for patient care in the major university hospitals has risen even faster , tripling ...
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The Expropriation of Health Ivan Illich. Hospital death is now endemic.199 In the last twenty - five years the percentage of Americans who die in a hospital has grown by a third.200 The per- centage of hospital deaths in other countries ...
The Expropriation of Health Ivan Illich. Hospital death is now endemic.199 In the last twenty - five years the percentage of Americans who die in a hospital has grown by a third.200 The per- centage of hospital deaths in other countries ...
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... hospital - centered than can be saved through the superior techniques the hospital can pro- vide . In the poor countries many more children have died of cholera or diarrhea during the last ten years because they were not rehydrated on ...
... hospital - centered than can be saved through the superior techniques the hospital can pro- vide . In the poor countries many more children have died of cholera or diarrhea during the last ten years because they were not rehydrated on ...
Contents
The Epidemics of Modern Medicine | 3 |
The Medicalization of Life | 31 |
Introduction | 121 |
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